On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 7:25:03 AM UTC-7, matthe...@gmail.com wrote: > > But you aren't going to get much in the way of guarantees when you >> receive and use something for free. > > > My work is not free, I want to contribute time back. > >> >> It's unclear if you understand the implications.
If you were to contribute to a project that uses a license that doesn't disclaim liability, your contributions would also fall under the same terms. In other words, if someone decided that they were harmed by your code (e.g. because you made a coding mistake which corrupted their files) they could sue you. Since you didn't disclaim liability, they could win and you would have to pay them money. For code that you gave them for free. I'm guessing you wouldn't want to expose yourself to such liability. Neither does anyone else. That's why every open source license includes a disclaimer of liability. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
